Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT), a method of providing feedback to voters using ballot-less system, would be equipped with the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the upcoming Assembly elections to be held in the State during the year end.
This was informed by the State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Subrat Sahoo here on Wednesday.
He informed that the process of transporting the EVMs to Chhattisgarh was underway. The EVMs for 19 of the districts have already arrived while the rest of the machines will reach for the remaining 8 districts by July 1, he said.The testing of EVMs would be completed in the month of July itself, he informed in a press conference held here.
Regarding publication of voter list in the State, Sahu informed that after revision work, final publication of voter list would be done on September 27.
Till date, a total of 1 , 81 , 52 ,143 voters are there in State which includes 91 .16 lakh male voters and 89. 9318 lakh female voters, he informed.
He said that new 'M-3' EVM machines manufactured by ECIl would be used in the polls in the State. They are a modified version and have no possibility of being hacked, he said.
Sahu further informed that a Control Unit would control the VVPAT along with EVM and there is no possibility of hacking of the machines and also any data transfer through wireless or with a data cable.
“With new EVMs and the Control Unit, which will work in self-check mode, there is no possibility that it could be hacked”, he said.
Sahu also informed that the Election Commission of India through a letter to State government had directed for transfer of officials posted in the same place for more than three years and also those who are posted in their home districts.